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Petrarch’s House at Arquà - Samuel Prout (1783-1852) - 1829
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Petrarch’s House at Arquà

ArtistSamuel Prout (1783-1852)
EngraverCharles Heath (1785-1848) -Fenner
Date1829
TechniqueCopper engraving
CategoryViews Of Country
SourceLondon, Pub. Oct.28 1829, by Robert Jennings 62 Cheapside & Giraldon Bovinet Gallerie Vivienne Paris

Description

View of the house at Arqua (Arqua Petrarca) traditionally associated with the poet Francesco Petrarch. The elevated loggia, surrounding garden and distant hills present the residence as a place of retreat and literary memory.